METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a selected target image;
generating a candidate region of interest set, the candidate region of interest set comprising one or more regions of interest within the target image;
determining a recommended region of interest set, the recommended region of interest set comprising one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria, the evaluation criteria being determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history; and
providing the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images.
12 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating content-based image retrieval. A method may include determining a selected target image. The method may further include generating a candidate region of interest set including one or more regions of interest within the target image. The method may additionally include determining a recommended region of interest set including one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria may be determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history. The method may also include providing the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
determining a selected target image; generating a candidate region of interest set, the candidate region of interest set comprising one or more regions of interest within the target image; determining a recommended region of interest set, the recommended region of interest set comprising one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria, the evaluation criteria being determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history; and providing the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
-
determine a selected target image; generate a candidate region of interest set, the candidate region of interest set comprising one or more regions of interest within the target image; determine a recommended region of interest set, the recommended region of interest set comprising one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria, the evaluation criteria being determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history; and provide the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:
-
program instructions configured to determine a selected target image; program instructions configured to generate a candidate region of interest set, the candidate region of interest set comprising one or more regions of interest within the target image; program instructions configured to determine a recommended region of interest set, the recommended region of interest set comprising one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria, the evaluation criteria being determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history; and program instructions configured to provide the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
-
Specification